Marine propulsion.



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MARINE U APPLICATION JULY 17,1911.

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MARINE PROPULSION. APYLIOATIION FILED JULY 17,1911. 1,00 74, Patented 001;. 24, 1911;

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CHARLESALGERNON PARSONS, 0F NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE AND STANLEY SMITH COOK; OF WALLSEND, ENGLAND; SAID COOK ASSIGNGR TO SAID PARSONS.

MARINE- PROPULSION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Got. 2d, 1911.

Application filed July 17, 1911. Serial No. 639,059.

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Be it known that we, Crmnrrs ALGERNON lPAnsoNs. K. C. 13., a subject 0t the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and residing at l-leaton lVorks, Newcastleupon-Tyne, and STANLEY SMIYIZH Coon, a subject of the King of Gre'atBritain and Ireland, and residing at Turhinia orks, Wallsend upon Tyne, both in the county of Northumberland, Eng;

ancing surfaces subjected to tluid pressure,

it is common practice in marine turbine installations to arrange thatv this thrust is taken partly or entirely by the pressure of the steam between the rotor .and'th'e casing.

of the turbine and transmitted by the latter to the structure of the ship. ln such cases the balancing thrust of the steam or other fluid has been arranged to be approximately proportional to the torque and therefore approximately proportional to the thrust of the propeller: at *all powers. It is found, however, especially where cruising or suppleinentary turbines are employed, that difficulty-inay lie-experienced in thus ellecting the balancing of the thrust, and the ob ect of the present invention is to provlde a solu- -.tion of this ditliculty.

The invention consists for this purpose in a'marine turbine installation having a coupling allowing for lateral independent movement of, and giving, ac'cording to the requirements of the installation, the desired relation between the torque and thrust transmitted between portions of a shaft in which a thrust is produced by the propeller.

The-invention also consists in the marine turbine installations hereinafterdescribed.

Referring now to the accompanying drawin gs, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional clevationof a known form of coupling which is suitable for use in a marine turbine installation according to the, present invention, the section being taken on the line of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional. View on the line A-A of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are developed sections on the line CC of Fig. 2, and show two forms of interengaging teeth having helical surfaces, while Figs. 5,

'6 and 7 show several marine turbine installations according to the present invention.'

F or the purpose of the present invention the form of coupling adopted is immaterial.

so long as it fulfils the condition that itsh all produce between two portions of a line of shafting, a thrust which is proportional to the torque transmitted between these portions. Such couplings usually have two corresponding parts having engaging surfaces such as teeth, the inclination of which sunfaces is dctern'lined so as to give the required ratio between the thrust exerted between the two portions of the line of shutting and the force which, acting at the radius of the component parts ofthe coupling to produce rotation, gives the torque it is required to transmit by the coupling.

A coupling fulfilling the above condition is shown in Fig. 1 in which the shaft portion, a, is transmitting its torque to the other portion, Z the rotation in the case shown b'eing clockwise as consideredwhen looking from a to l). The two shaft portions are in this case connected by intermittent claws or teeth, 0 and (I, having helical faces projecting at the proper helical pitch from a pair of concentric sleeves c, and f, respectively, carried by the shaft portions, (L and Z).

The preferable forms of teeth are shown in Figs. 3 and 4 which are developed sections on' the line C-C of l 2'. 'The engaging surfaces of the teeth 0 and d. are parts of a helical surface having a pitch angle sutlicient to give the desired amount of balancing thrust. The concentric sleeves e and f, it

will be seen, may in some cases be attached to or formed integral w1th the other shaft port on, a, or as shown in Fig. 1 one sleeve f is attachedt'o the shaft portion Z) by bolts 9 while theothcr sleeve 0 is formed integral with the other shaft portion a. With the arrangement of teeth shown in Fig. 3,, the following faces, in, are parallel to the axis of the shafts so that when the main turbine shaft, 7) is driving the cruising turbine shaft, (1., idly in the ahead directiowthe torque is transmitted without generating lateral thrust. Alternatively these claws or teeth, 1"

and (i, may project radially inward and radially outward from external and internal spect to the shaft axis. These connecting links are preferably madeof :suflicient length to render negligible the effect of small relative displacement of the parts of the coupling due to expansion by heat or to other causes, and consist usually in bars secured to the flan es by suitable set screws. Instead of the a ove'link members which are in tension, when the coupling is in operation, struts which would be in compression when in operation may be employed. The amount ofrelative movement of the two shaft portions 'a-and b, in such coupli' s is usuallylimited by bolts which are secure y fixed to the flange on onq shaft portion and pass through a hole in the flange on the otherportion, this hole being slightly oval in order to allow of a small movement of the bolt therein.

The invention it will be seen can be carried into, effect by any other suitable formof coupling already lmown..' For instance, the marine installations diagrammatically illustrated in Figs. 5, f} and-7 comprise one or more,cruising turbines, t, for use at low powers, coupled to the. shaft of one ormore main turbines, u. At all powers'the pro-' peller thrust due to the power generated go balanced by the steam. thrust in these tur bines, or in any 'other suitable manner.

When however, some or all of the cruising turbines, t are in use, it will be seen that ad ditional power is generated and' the propeller thrust consequently increased on the shaft on which these turbines are mounted. In the construction hitherto adopted this additional thrust has been absorbed by the main turbine thrust block, or insome cases has been transmitted by a rigid coupling between the shaft of the cruisin turbine.

' and the shaft of the main tur ine, and

balanced by the steam thrust in the cruising turbine itself. Both these methods of absorbing the extra thrust are objectionable, as in. the'first alternative, the main turbine thrust block is subjected to a considerable force while in the second the use of a rigid coupling prevents the adjustment of the cruising turbine rotor with regard to its stator, and differential expansions of the two turbines lead to increased leakage losses in the cruising turbine. According to the present invention, however, both these disadvantages are ,overcome.

the main turbines, s approximately In the installation shown in liig. 5, the shaft a of the cruising turbine, t, is connected to the main shaft b of the main turbine,

at, through a flexible coupling '0, of one or other of the forms already described, and by this means the cruising turbine, t is free and its adjustment can be effected within itself by its own adjusting block, without undue pressure, in the usual manner, while addi* tional propeller thrust thus produced by the additional poweron the shaft when the cruising turbine, t, is in o eration can be also accurately balanced wit in the cruising turbine itself. In some cases a coupling may be employed to transmit the thrust to an additional thrust block, or to separate steam orhydraulic balancing arrangements.

In Fig. 6, is shown an arrangement similar to that of Fig. 5 except that the motor, t, transmits only turning force to the shaft, (1 while the thrust corresponding to this tuming force is absorbed by the separate thrust block, a, the coupling, 1:, maintaining in consequence of the slopeof its engaging faces, the correct relation between the turning force of the motor t, and the thrust absorbed by z.

Fig. 7 illustrates an installation in .which a cruising turbine or otlier motor, t, is coupled to the propeller shaft b, throu h gearing 1, 2. In such an arrangement the gearing transmits only turning effort to the shaft 8, which is connected to the propeller shaft 6, through a form of coupling a, and

the additional thrust on the propeller shaft consequent on the added power transmitted through the gearing to the shaft 8, would be thrown by this coupling onto the additional thrust block a, or other absorbing means mounted on.the gear wheel shaft 8.

It will be seen that the manner in which this invention is carried into effect can be considerably modified, and alsd that the invention can be modified without in any way departing from the spirit of the same, and that the same is not limited to the particular installations herein referred to. v

Having now described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is i 1'.-In combination in a marine turbine installation, means connecting twoportions of a shaft, said means producing a thrust whichis proportional to the torque transmitted between the shaft portions and which acts to balance the propeller thrust.

2. In combination in a marine turbine installation, means connecting two portions of stallation, a coupling "connecting two per tional to the torque'transmitted between the 1,ooo,e74 a tions of a shaft, interenga ging helical surfaces formed on said coupling whereby there is produced a thrust which is proportional to the torque transmitted between the two shaft portions and which acts to balance-the propeller thrust.

4. In combination in a marine turbine'in stallatlon, a coupling connectm two portions of a shaft and comprising anges hav' 'ing interengaging helical teeth whereby there is pro need a thrust which is proporshaft ortions and which acts tobalance the 1 Props ler thrust.

5. A marine turbineinstallation comprising in combination two turbine elements, mounted on separate portions of the same line of shafting, a propeller also mounted on *shafti the same line of shafting, connecting means between said shaft portions, said means producing a thrust which is proportional to the torque transmitted between the two shaft portions and which acts to balance the'pro peller thrust when both of said turbines are in operation. I

6. A marine turbine installation comprising in combination, two turbines mounted upon separate portions of the same line of a propeller mounted on said line of sha ing and connecting means between the shaft portions, said means allowing free' ateral independent movement of the two shaft portions and producing a thrust which is proportional to the torque transmitted between the two shaft portions and which acts to balance the, propeller thrust when both of said turbines are in operation.

7. A marine turbine installation comprising in combination two turbines mounted on separate portions of the same line ofshafting, a propeller also mounted on said line of shafting, a thrust'block absorbing the propeller thrust when one. of said turbines is driving the propeller, and means connecting said sh ftportions and allowing a free lateral in ependent movement between the two portions'while at the same time producing a thrust which is proportional .to the torque transmitted between the two shaft portions and which acts to balance the additional prov peller thrust when the two turbines are in action.

8 A marine turbine installation comprising in combination two turbir es mounted on separate portions of the same line of shafting, a propeller also mounted on the same one of the shafts, a thrust block absorbing.

the thrust of the propeller, means for transmitting the power from the other turbine to the shaft on which the propeller is mounted and means connecting two portions of the latter shaft, said connecting means producing athrust which is proportional to the torque transmittedtbetween the two shaft portions and which acts to balance the additional propeller-thrust when the propeller shaft receives additional power from the other turbine shaft.

10. A marine turbine installation comprising in combination two turbines mounted on separate shafts, a propeller mounted upon one of the shafts, a thrust block absorbing the thrust of the propeller, means for transmitting-the power from the other turbine shaft to the shaft on which the propeller is mounted, and means connecting two portions of the latter shaft, said connecting means allowing a free lateral independent move ment of the two shaft portions and producing a thrust which is proportional to the torque transmitted between the two shaft portions and which acts to balance the additional propeller thrust when the propeller shaft also receives power from the other turbine shaft.

In testimony whereof, we alfix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES ALGERNGN PARSONS. STANLEY Sltlllll COOK.

l Vitnesses as to Algernon Parsons:

"BERTRAN H. MATTHEWS,

THOMAS H. .Vnsr. Witnesses as to signature of Stanley Smith Cook:

' FREDERICK. Jenner: HAY Bnoronu,

,WILLIAM SHEARER.

the signature of Charles 

